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[Anonymous No.9896174]

If I counted correctly, the 90'th thread in a chain going back to late 2013

Old bread: >>9800465

> Cosplay Masterpost: http://pastebin.com/ekZP1fhg
- Tutorials and links that can help with Homestuck cosplays. Refer to it if you need help. Any contributions welcome.

> Crunchy Cosplay List: http://i.imgur.com/QRRWqRn.jpg
- An older list of suggested Homestuck cosplayers to follow and check out, as they have great cosplays and some also have good tutorials on their blogs.

> To discuss:
Who've played friendsim? How did you like it?
Colossalcon, I guess
Is there anything from the HS cosplay heyday that you feel like you missed out on?

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[Anonymous No.9896179]

>>9896042
>Anyone have any good advice for doing a troll makeup in summer heat, or is it a better idea to just avoid it all together?
>Last time I attempted it during AX one year, I ended up sweating around my face and it made the paint lighter where it got wet. I don't think there's any getting around that, but I'd thought I'd ask anyway.

Start by switching from water based paint to grease based paint. I don't know what "summer heat" is to you, but I've had no problems up to 25-28 C. Key is to use final seal underneath AND on top, as well as having powder handy for when you sweat through it. Oh, and skip the paint for neck/hands/arms and stick to PAX or armsocks.

[Anonymous No.9896180]

If you want to guess the AU, there isn't one.

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[Anonymous No.9896228]

>>9896225
oh motherfucker hold on

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[Anonymous No.9896235]

>>9896180
it’s literally just ears and a tumblr nose, hardly AU worthy

[Anonymous No.9897546]

[Anonymous No.9897676]

Is this even a thing that people cosplay anymore? where do they do it?

[Anonymous No.9898917]

>>9897676
anime cons, usually

[Anonymous No.9899021]

>>9898917
I remember hussie saying that he was happy he ruined anime cons, but I've never actually been to one. It's strange that they would go there over an western comic convention.

[Anonymous No.9899279]

>>9899021
Homestuck is in this weird no-man's land where it logically should have more in common with western comics, but most people who got into it seems to have done so from anime and through the few things Homestuck has in common with that. I think it has to do with the fact that anime was/is still seen as kind of weird and niche, making Homestuck (which is excessively weird and niche) less of a threshold to get into.

[Anonymous No.9900471]

is it too late to get into this? not homestuck in general, i was into it since 2011

[Anonymous No.9900660]

>>9900471
Depends on what you mean by "too late". Too late for twenty four people troll groups? Probably. Too late to hang out with your newfound friends in cosplay and make stupid jokes? Never.

[Anonymous No.9901081]

>>9900471
I just did my first public Homestuck cosplay this year. It was pretty fun and the people were very friendly, although the size of the meet up made me pretty sad. You’ll still get pictures and stuff though.

[Anonymous No.9901283]

>>9899279
additionally, comic cons have kind of evolved into ‘superhero comics and pop culture’ while anime cons are ‘everything else’

[Anonymous No.9901371]

>>9901081
about what size am i looking at?

[Anonymous No.9901623]

>>9901371
About 35 people at the largest photoshoot, so not bad but most of the cosplays weren’t very good and it seemed like everyone had come in a group of their friends so I didn’t really meet anyone there. Also, hardly any trolls. The late night drawmeet was friendlier, but only about ten people showed up and half of then left as soon as we actually got started.

[Anonymous No.9902056]

>>9901623
Oh well. maybe I'll find something else I become obsessed with for several years. but by then I'll be old.

[Anonymous No.9904169]

>>9902056
The bnfs of last year are mid 30s right now, so, old is of opinion i guess.

>>9901623
Colossal had a fairly sizeable turnout this weekend (Friday about 35, Saturday about 100), and while the draw meet was pretty quiet and small compared to previous years, i think the con having the waterpark open super late took a lot of attendance away from the usual crowd. That and the cowbuttcrunchies group not really coming around anymore, and they were a sizable chunk of nerds.

[Anonymous No.9905362]

>>9896179
Agreed. Otakon 2 years ago was 104F and my mehron held up all afternoon. you can sweat through it so long as you dab at yourself gently and use waterproof eyeliner. I mean, you'll feel fucking gross, but I was able to stay outside for the shoot in that awful heat.

[Anonymous No.9905804]

>>9904169
Uuuuuh mid 30s is too old to cosplay let alone cosplay Homestuck. It creeps me out to think people like that are wandering around the cosplay community.

[Anonymous No.9906042]

>>9905804
gr8 b8 m8

[Anonymous No.9906139]

>>9905804
4chan is 18+

[Anonymous No.9906172]

>>9904169
>The bnfs of last year are mid 30s right now, so, old is of opinion i guess.
too old for all the crazy shit that homestuck cosplayers were infamous for. (or at least to old to enjoy it.)

[Anonymous No.9906175]

>>9905804
I definitely feel that there is sort of a weird range for what constitutes career oriented adults who appear to be manchildren trying to ride out being young as long as possible, but as long as it doesn't seem like they are trying to youthful about it (like cosplaying teenagers, indeed homestuck would be a terrible choice) it could work.
but I feel that even OLD people could not be terribly weird at a convention, especially in the future.

[Anonymous No.9907144]

>>9906175
>>9905804

What exactly changes, if people look no different when theyre 25 from when theyre 30? People are still out there enjoying fandom, writings your fanfics and making tutorials. So why would it be an issue for someone 30+ to be cosplaying unless the person's personality was the actual issue? There are plenty of teenagers that make me super uncomfortable at meets because they're acting like idiots, the same goes for someone who's older. Creepers will be creepers- you're going to fucking comiccon, there's bound to be dozens of them.

If you're 30+ and out there looking cuter than the 18 year olds cosplaying homestuck characters, then fucking props dude. Who cares, have fun and look good doing it. Get nice photos while you're at it, since the teenagers don't have real jobs and thus, can't afford that shit?

[Anonymous No.9907155]

>>9906172
the cosplay BNFs mostly didn't do that shit anyway, the type of crazy that occured among them was famous-cosplayer-crazy (relationship drama, snootyness and judginess, etc) not the property destruction and general bad behavior the rest of the fandom was know for

ime the current con activities of adult Homestuck cosplayers include chilling out and drinking at barstucks, which is nice, and probably more enjoyable than the other stuff.

[Anonymous No.9907938]

>>9905804
Lol ok, moon child

Be sure to stop cosplaying when that gem in your hand starts blinking.

[Anonymous No.9909760]

>>9905804
it's amazing that you can tell exactly what age you are and how many angry voltron shipping posts you've made based on this sentence alone

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>>9912484
>>_MG_9848.jpg

alright, we get it, you made some cool armor. We don't want to see every picture though.

[Anonymous No.9914966]

a small dump from instagram tags. 3 from colossalstuck, 3 from homestuckcosplay

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>>9914972
this would be excellent with a better wig (and a bit more spunky expression/body language)

[Anonymous No.9916766]

>>9916231
the wig would be fine if they made at least somewhat of an attempt to spike the back, since it's clearly designed to spike

+1 for posing and expression but it looks like a photoshoot, so hopefully there's better pictures from the same set?

[Anonymous No.9917842]

>>9907155
>tfw too old for wanton property destruction or generally bad behavior
>or underage drinking and con sex

[Anonymous No.9920638]

>>9914966
This aranea is super cute. I'm such a sucker for curly wigs, even if they don't match canon as nicely.

[Anonymous No.9922829]

What's going on with this shoop

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[Anonymous No.9925285]

>>9923829
god this is so awkwardly framed, they couldn't have had the photographer back up another foot?

[Anonymous No.9925295]

>>9909760

Underrated comment

[Anonymous No.9927748]

What were the cons like at it's prime? I've heard people involved talking about it like it was some otherworldly experience.

[Anonymous No.9930149]

>>9907144
30 year olds are expected to be mature. For the same reason teenagers get bullshit leeway for acting like idiots, 20-29 year olds get room for clinging to youth.

[Anonymous No.9934722]

>>9927748
400+ people at a photoshoot. Barstuck was hoppin. New friends every con, draw parties where there were more than a handful of artists. My first Katsu we filled the hallway, everyone spread their prints and stickers out in front of them and you walked by, chitchatted, and took home handfuls of work from artists you admired online. There was something for everyone- heartwarming stories, or juicy drama. I miss the good times, but i'm glad the irl drama is minimal now, even if it took the death of most area based communities to get rid of it.

[Anonymous No.9934735]

>>9930149
Have fun having no interest in anything you cared about prior to turning 30. Might wanna give all the 30+ digimon and pokemon cosplayers a heads up that they aren't valid, by your logic.

There is no harm in older people cosplaying what they're interested in, at 30, 40, whatever. Older people founded your fandom spaces, get used to having them around, or fuck off to a fandom that gives a shit.

[Anonymous No.9934859]

>>9934722
sounds like a good time.
I wonder if there will quite be anything like this again, or if it will come before I'm too old for this.
(to be honest, I think there is something like this it just probably isn't something I would like)

[Anonymous No.9935301]

No solo pic apparently

[Anonymous No.9935863]

>>9935301
What the fuck is the huss wearing

[Anonymous No.9939205]

>>9905804
>>9930149
This must be the fifth time I've seen this with homestuck, acting like you got to give up having fun once you hit 25 or something when half the things you like come from the fact its more acceptable for adults to still be geeks.


>>9927748
>>9934722
Katsucon 2013 was the peak of homestuck for me, it was a small golden moment were everyone felt like they were doing things out of good will. People were passing around and trading artwork, valentines, and candy out of a wanting to share with other people who liked their fandom, the panel was interesting, and some guy was reading out sweet bro and hella jeff dressed as hussie at the draw meet. Then there was the meet ups between cons. Every state on the east coast had at least one group and a lot of events had at least 50 or so people, some coming from hours away. Multiple photographers would come, some would bring tables for food and drinks, one time there was even a portable gas stove. My biggest regrets was never getting to go to the really big nycstuck meetups like promstuck when people were even holding prom campaigns.

[Anonymous No.9939307]

>>9939205
prom campaigns? isn't prom supposed to be a school thing? how could it be related to conventions/homestuck?

[Anonymous No.9940061]

>>9939205
The closest I got to interacting with any homestuck community was for a random meet in NYC in maybe 2014 or 2015. Got to the park and saw some peeps, but I got filled with anxiety and instead got ice cream and watched from afar.


Now I'm nostalgic because I finally got around to playing Hiveswap and regretting what could have been.

[Anonymous No.9940080]

>>9939307
Balls/dances are really common at conventions...?

'Promstuck' was the chosen name for those kind of events based on a popular fic iirc. It was basically a formal event where everyone wore homestuck cosplay. NYC had a big one for two years and a 50stuck version.

[Anonymous No.9940222]

>>9940080
clearly dances are common out of school, there are even 60 year old boomer dances i've heard of.
but they are never called prom.

>>9940061
man, that sounds even worse than just not being able to go.

[Anonymous No.9940920]

>>9940222
"Prom" is a common fandom concept with close ties to "high school" AUs. IIRC, one of the earliest popular pieces of fan media using the "Promstuck" name was a spinoff from Marchingstuck (a marching band + high school AU).
>was in high school marching band
>actually enjoyed marchingstuck

"Promstuck" also fit for many HS fan communities because the members tended to be young-adult- or high-school-aged, so prom would have been a familiar concept.
And of course, it gave people the outlet to get more mileage out of their cosplay wigs/makeup in different outfits.

[Anonymous No.9940943]

>>9940920
how the fuck have I never heard of these strange AU's? Im guessing it was a tumblr thing, cause I never saw it mentioned on /hsg/ or the mspa forums.
tell me, did those degenerates try to imitate troll romance at their proms or something?

[Anonymous No.9941100]

>>9940943
There wasn't really all that much 'degenerate' behaviour desu? We had promstuck and homestuck homecoming in Toronto, and it was just us hanging out and listening to music together. Having formal wear, potluck dinner, and some dancing. The most promstuck related drama we ever had was the year some young kids tried to run it but then found out they needed an adult to sign the rental for the location and had to cancel. Or, i guess Fanworld- but promstuck went well, it was the drama leading up to it + the con organizers themselves that were the drama.

The AUs were mostly tumblr based, and there were comics drawn for it that were well done and entertaining. Not even cringe worthy or anything? Though i've not read them recently, i was still early 20s when i read them and not a fan of Highschool AUs, but they were well done.

[Anonymous No.9941118]

>>9941100
Huh, I guess maybe the classic 'kids trying to get into abusive relationships on purpose' and 'cosplayer spits into bucket in public' were just some vocal minorities.

[Anonymous No.9941157]

>>9941118
You always remember the 1 bad egg over the 10 good ones, anon. I've been in this fandom since before cascade, and even though i have loads of awful drama stories, i likely have way more good or funny ones. They just tend to not stick in peoples minds the same way as spit buckets and gray sharpies do.

[Anonymous No.9941176]

>>9941157
I suppose only the terrible stories made their way through /hsg/ because none of those neckbeards actually went to the conventions in favor of shittalking everything.

[Anonymous No.9941185]

>>9941176
You're likely right. Most of my heartwarming ones arent things i saw posted anywhere, but things i was there to experience and haven't really told many people about. There's a couple good viral ones (the blind terezi cosplayer, the cosplayer who fell down the stairs next to a homestuck shoot and instead of laughing and stairs jokes everyone ran to check if they were okay), but they never got as much traction online.

[Anonymous No.9941189]

>>9941185
haven't heard of those.
>the cosplayer who fell down the stairs next to a homestuck shoot and instead of laughing and stairs jokes everyone ran to check if they were okay
that sounds... unlikely.
the only one I saw was sweet bro fallout down stairs on purpose and getting applause.

[Anonymous No.9941584]

>>9941176
Nice strawman

[Anonymous No.9941766]

>>9941584
How the fuck is that a strawman? I'm a fellow hsg neckbeard that really only goes to video game conventions.
Yet for some reason HS seems to be at anime cons a lot?

[Anonymous No.9941859]

>>9941189
http://quibbs.tumblr.com/post/42081239575/i-remember-going-to-my-first-con-as-terezi-and-i

the other one comes up pretty easy if you google 'blind terezi cosplayer'.

[Anonymous No.9941964]

>>9941859
It's hard to imagine a blind person being into comics. it is, as andrew hussie says, a visual comic. I suppose there is a lot of pesterlogs they could have read by a machine.

[Anonymous No.9942001]

>>9941964
their friend is pictured with them a few times, so perhaps they read together? it's a little easier now that there are the 'lets read' videos, but those werent as much of a thing in 2013 and earlier.

[Anonymous No.9943103]

>>9941964
I remember there was a person on the forums who said they were legally blind but had enough vision to distinguish between simple patches of colour, meaning they could see cartoons fairly well but not real people.

[Anonymous No.9943133]

>>9941964
>>9943103
yeah, the terezi girl was also legally blind. there was a video at one point where she answered questions about it but it seems to have been taken down at some point, anyone have a backup?

[Anonymous No.9944414]

>>9941118
For what it's worth the quadrant thing which is mainly a thing among teenagers seems more like a way to understand and legitimise relationships they have a hard time finding terminology for in popular culture, than "Oh yes I want someone to hate romantically". Not to say it can't be dysfunctional - these types of relationships often are - but rather that they always existed and kids are just finding new terminology to try and make sense of it. With that said, there is an unfortunate tendency towards crediting quadrants as functional for humans. Which they definitely aren't.

[Anonymous No.9944462]

>>9944414
Some people definitely started bad relationships because they wanted to imitate their favorite characters.

[Anonymous No.9945661]

>>9896225
that's a good costume and all, but what the fuck does a knight of blood DO?

[Anonymous No.9949384]

>>9943133
I wonder if she got upset when terezi got her sight back

[Anonymous No.9950190]

>>9914971
Let it die, please.

[Anonymous No.9950202]

>>9945661
Probably give very rousing speeches.

[Anonymous No.9950275]

>>9950190
let what die? that specific ship? personally I think it's a little better than jane/jake.

[Anonymous No.9950280]

>>9950275
sure, in the same way spraining your toe is slightly better than breaking it

[Anonymous No.9950460]

>>9950280
I lost my shit

[Anonymous No.9950751]

i’m sewing a latula dress (inb4 ‘issa bodysuit’, i’m aware, but it’s been fanonized as a dress for years before the sprites were dropped and dresses are easier to make than bodysuits) and was wondering what the best way of getting the symbol on was?
obviously i know painting and screenprinting are options, but it’s a teal knit fabric and i don’t know if it’d stand up to either of those very well. thoughts? previous experience?

[Anonymous No.9950910]

>>9950751
neither her or her descendant seem like they would ever wear a dress. how exactly was it "fanonized"

[Anonymous No.9950919]

>>9950910
looks like a dress

[Anonymous No.9950921]

I'm glad to see people cosplaying Homestuck on this days. Because I return to the fandom and want to cosplay Sollux again (((and better))).

[Anonymous No.9950937]

>>9950919
not really? the redglare outfit is still the best in the comic though.

[Anonymous No.9951071]

>>9950751
applique using red fabric if the same type, and interfacing.

[Anonymous No.9951769]

>>9950280
but its sorta canon tho

[Anonymous No.9951785]

>>9951769
so are gamrezi and tavris

[Anonymous No.9952365]

>>9951785
tavris was a good ship.

[Anonymous No.9952368]

>>9935301
Huss gettin chubby

[Anonymous No.9952385]

>>9907155
>the cosplay BNFs mostly didn't do that shit anyway, the type of crazy that occured among them was famous-cosplayer-crazy (relationship drama, snootyness and judginess, etc)

is it bad that I kinda miss that? (it's probably just the nostalgia I'm feeling) Can someone post some good old HS cosplays from like 2012-13?
I still keep an eye on a couple of people that were famous from their HS related creations, quite a few have calmed down except for one or two.

[Anonymous No.9952732]

>>9952385
how the fuck did these people make their relationship drama public to general congoers? it's one thing if it's in your friendgroup or you are a celebrity, but this makes me think they were doing it on purpose.

[Anonymous No.9953587]

>>9901081
>>9901623
35? what con was this at?

[Anonymous No.9954807]

>>9953587
Anime North

[Anonymous No.9959838]

>>9954807
yeah sorry about leaving the draw meet super quick ): we were pretty exhausted from being in AA all day and still had loads more to do. Pretty much everyone knows everyone, and while we're def open to new friends, we've all been in the same crews for 3+ years so when a couple of us are tired, the group tends to follow.

We did have a terribly sad turnout this year, though. Torontostuck has stuck around so long, i'm pretty upset to see it dwindling. They're such well behaved kids most of the time, even the very young ones just starting cosplaying.

Metrocon in tampa still shocked me with how enthusastic the homestucks are there again this year. 3+ panels and a promstuck? like, props to those nerds for that kind of energy. Drawmeet on the saturday night had a nice turnout too.

[Anonymous No.9959844]

>>9959838
oops, that was the first group shot. forgot we had to do a second one because a bunch of people showed up late and I'd already started calling smaller group shots.

[Anonymous No.9959850]

>>9959838
>>9959844
Friday of AN was teeny tiny. the smallest homestuck shoot I've ever done at AN.

[Anonymous No.9959853]

>>9959844
>>9959838
Friday's shoot was teeny tiny. Smallest homestuck shoot I've ever run at AN.

[Anonymous No.9961806]

Looks like a good turnout to me. Why would you want more people than you could talk to?

[Anonymous No.9961827]

>>9961806
higher quantity of good cosplayers, more variety character-wise, there's tons of reasons for big gatherings

[Anonymous No.9962018]

>>9896231
> Alliance & Horde paladins

[Anonymous No.9962128]

>>9961806
For once I would like to see people cosplay as other characters than trolls and humans. Prospitans/Dersites, Midnight crew/Felt, hell even the humans guardians. I never got to see anyone cosplay as them irl. Kinda makes me sad for getting into it pretty late.

[Anonymous No.9962386]

>>9962128
Might post some non human/troll cosses when I get home, but most of those are pretty old so if anyone wants to contribute that would be top notch.

[Anonymous No.9962739]

>>9962128
No one does that because it doesn't get them laid.

[Anonymous No.9963104]

>>9962739
Are you kidding me? There's no one I'd mount quicker than Sn8wman.

[Anonymous No.9963115]

>>9963104
Obviously any woman could get laid at a con, come on. Actually you don't have to be a woman you just have to be willing to fuck men.

[Anonymous No.9963238]

>>9963115
You're disproving your own point.

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(I also have a bunch of sprites but I assume that's not what requester meant)

[Anonymous No.9963243]

A classic.

[Anonymous No.9963246]

Another one from the archives - was looking for something else but denizens are godmode, I guess.

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hussie doesnt count as layable

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[Anonymous No.9963337]

A bunch of these were just dug up from old threads and hey, y'all, the threads used to be so gd horny let's never go back to that.

[Anonymous No.9963343]

I would love to post some more recent ones, but tumblr's search function just isn't very good for the pretty vague and non-specific names of most of the sideline characters.

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[Anonymous No.9963356]

Quitting while I'm at the top. I have some more if anyone wants it.

[Anonymous No.9963534]

>>9963238
Most of the characters mentioned were male, and they aren't the bishie characters that women want to cosplay.

[Anonymous No.9963609]

>>9963238
>no armsocks

[Anonymous No.9963674]

>>9963337
The old threads were... what? You mean filled with creeps?

[Anonymous No.9963762]

>>9963609
it's just for a photo, dude. not like they're walking around artists alley like that.

[Anonymous No.9963977]

>>9963762
patchy body paint will always be disgusting regardless of actual danger

[Anonymous No.9966328]

any wig recs for latula? i’ve got a jareth from arda on backorder but i’m worried it won’t restock before the end of the month. helios from epiccosplay is also out of stock and won’t restock until 3 days before the con. i’m considering the plus ultra power nap from five wits but as you can see, it has brown undertones and is a little too short

[Anonymous No.9966493]

>>9966328
Well, her hair is straight but shaggy, which really isn't a difficult style, so I would prioritize a true black wig at the right length (or even a bit longer). You can pretty easily straighten and cut it yourself. For something that basic, an Arda is way overpriced, and I'd go with something from Epiccosplay or Wigisfashion. Theia from Epiccosplay could also work, but would need some more cutting, but you'd likely have to put some work in anyway.

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[Anonymous No.9966540]

>>9959838
Yeah, my first post was kind of salty but I had a really good time, and everyone is super polite and welcoming. I hope I didn’t annoy you guys too badly with my awkwardness (I was the Ardata).

[Anonymous No.9966678]

>>9966493
i need something that spikes, SUPER straight wigs don't spike easily and often have wefts showing through when you try.

also, epiccosplay is the exact same price range as arda

[Anonymous No.9966804]

>>9966678
I haven't ordered from epic in years, so that might be my memory screwing with me. IDK, I guess I'm just not on the Arda hypetrain.

Anyway, if you want more texture to it you could just tease lightly, heat set, and then comb back out. It's an extra step, but not really hard or anything.

[Anonymous No.9967060]

>>9966540
desu we were really pleased to see an ardata at all, and sad we didn't have space in our luggage for our hiveswaps. The Kuprum for the shoot was part of our group for Colossal the weekend after AN.

Any chance you'll be at Expo this month? there was a bit of talk of wearing hiveswaps there.

[Anonymous No.9967268]

>>9967060
Sadly most likely not :(

I have a family vacation in late August and I’ll probably get back during/after the con.

[Anonymous No.9968152]

>>9963337
It was better like that.

[Anonymous No.9968980]

>>9967268
That sucks. We may hold a fall event of some kind, but it might not be in cosplay. Lots of us like to do group shopping or dinners, should you ever just want to hang out with other homestucks.

[Anonymous No.9969469]

>>9963337
I wasn't around then but what do you mean?

[Anonymous No.9970680]

>>9969469
Lots of thirsting over just about any decent looking cosplay boy, people asking for sexy cosplays, and people posting nudestuck (mainly because it was bad, but all the same).

[Anonymous No.9970816]

>>9969469
People losing their mind over a couple tasteful lingerie shots. I'm blanking on her screen name, but the demonstuck roxy cosplay where the photog obviously had to shop out her visible cooch. That shit was in every thread for a while. Thigh Anon too.

These threads have died down a lot and i'm happy to have traded thirst anons for people who actually encourage improvement and talk about turnouts.

[Anonymous No.9971787]

Dropping a few carapaces; not going to fullsize them beforehand to check so no guarantees on quality.

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[Anonymous No.9971804]

>>9971803

[Anonymous No.9971808]

>>9971804
ending here; the captcha is annoying as hell

[Anonymous No.9972212]

>>9949384
I can smell the salt, anon

[Anonymous No.9972217]

>>9970680
Holy shit this is the best thing ever

[Anonymous No.9973789]

>>9971804
I still love this photo, I think it's a very good example of how a photo can elevate a costume. Especially for the Guardians, that seems like an opportunity to take, seeing as how they're presented in the comic. Like, obviously they're not actually faceless so the zentai suits never really look great; >>9971803 is one of the few ones where they actually look like, say, manequin people, and not zentai blobs, mostly thanks to the fact that they both have proper noses whereas most zentai faces look completely squished.
I much prefer stuff like this, because no matter how well constructed, a Dad cosplay just isn't gonna be that impressive, so it's really all about the character you can convey.

[Anonymous No.9973791]

>>9973789
Wow, that was a picture for ants. Sorry, not that Mostflogged is massively in demand around here.

[Anonymous No.9977487]

>>9973789
It's always difficult to construct guardian cosplays. General question, how do you differentiate between Bro and Dirk cosplayers (especially in AU themes)?

[Anonymous No.9977538]

>>9977487
I mean he literally has an entirely separate outfit, but aside from that? Less wig (imo it should only barely show), a bit coarser face make up, make sure to fit everything right.

[Anonymous No.9977539]

Also, Bro especially is always going to look kind of weird if you're thin, short, and squishy. The same basically goes for Dad; if you don't look like you've ever actually used a razor on your face in your life, you're fighting an uphill battle. Mom and Grandpa are abit more complex in design, so it's easier to hide it with the right wigs and make up.

[Anonymous No.9977548]

This is from a NSFW (though non-explicit, for whatever that's worth) which imo basically only works (for what it is) because of the physical contrast between the Bro and Dave.

There was a similar photo that showed up a while ago with a Bro I liked who had some actual thigh-hair, but I couldn't find that.

Some ways to make your Bro look older even if you're baby faced or soft and squishy or short is to work with proportions. Smaller or more narrow shades,for example, will contrast from the Dirks in the crowd. A thinner wig will look more realistic and thus older, especially if you're wearing a hat. If you can't play up the physical attributes of "grown ass man who's absurdly fit and kinda creepy" then it's like I mentioned above; work with your photographer to capture the character.

[Anonymous No.9977581]

>>9977539
>>9977548
>>9977538
I appreciate the explanation! Thank you.

[Anonymous No.9981235]

Having a shit day so requesting your fave Homestuck cosplay photos. Not neccesarily the best costumed,just pics that makes you happy or that captures the character really well.

[Anonymous No.9981784]

There have been so many good characters coming from Friendsim- not always good in morals or for cosplay purposes, but as characters themselves. I really hope we get to see a few decent cosplays of each character turn up. Theres just something nice about a simple design being pulled off cleanly still.